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Millions of Shiite Muslims across the world commemorate the mourning day of Ashoura
Associated Press via AOL· 10 months agoMillions of Shiite Muslims in Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and around the world on Friday...
How Shiite Islam reached Tanzania, and Ashoura processions became an annual tradition
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShiite women prepare to march in the inaugural Ashoura procession in a neighborhood of Arusha,...
The politics of blasphemy: Why Pakistan and some other Muslim countries are passing new blasphemy...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoPeople gather around the body of a man who was killed when an enraged mob stoned him to death for...
Iraq's crackdown on booze, social media posts raises alarm
AP Finance via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoOnly a few months into its term, Iraq’s government is suddenly enforcing a long-dormant law banning...
How the Iran-Saudi diplomatic breakthrough could impact the Mideast
CBS News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoCould a China-brokered deal ease the decades-old rivalry between the Sunni and Shiite Muslim powers...
Claybourn: To be a great leader, you must grasp the importance of history
Gannett via AOL· 3 months agoAt the heart of political mastery lies a simple, yet often overlooked, truth: history and ideas...
After the ISIS Attack in Iran, Is the Terror Group Reemerging as a Global Threat?
Slate via Yahoo News· 4 months agoWhen the terrorist group ISIS took credit for killing 84 Iranians in a two-man suicide bombing last...
In Albuquerque Murders, American Shi'ite Muslims See Old Divides They Hoped to Leave Behind
Time via Yahoo News· 2 years ago“We never thought this hatred was going to follow us here to America because this is the place where...
Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani Fast Facts
CNN via AOL· 10 months agoHere’s a look at the life of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani, Iraq’s most influential Shiite cleric. Personal Birth date: August 4, 1930 Birth place:...
Lebanon's Hezbollah leader urges Muslims to 'punish' Quran desecrators if governments fail to do so
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 10 months agoThe leader of Lebanon’s Shiite militant group Hezbollah said Saturday that if governments of...